Karen Bass says LAs bombed-out roads arent her fault as shes brutally trolled

Got a flat tire from a Los Angeles pothole? LA Mayor Karen Bass says it isn’t her fault.The politician declared that the blame for the city’s abysmal street infrastructure doesn’t belong on her shoulders as she stares down a reelection fight against socialist councilwoman Nithya Raman.“We have a crumbling infrastructure in this city that has been crumbling for about three decades and so, believe it or not, those potholes did not come, and those sidewalks did not break because I’m mayor,” she said in an interview with REAL 92.3 published Wednesday.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story When asked if it was her fault, she said, “No.I promise I didn’t break those sidewalks.”But Bass added, “The potholes are my responsibility to fill them up.”She said the city filled “over 20,000” potholes the last time it rained.Bass’ declaration that the potholes weren’t her fault earned her some of the internet’s ire.“She literally won’t take responsibility for anything so if she’s not responsible for anything, why is she running? I just don’t get any of the logic from any of them,” political activist April Silverman wrote on social media.

“They are both so embarrassing.They’re running that you’re the best person for the job, but you’re also pretending that you have nothing to do with any of the problems in LA.

They both do that it’s beyond.”Filmmaker and actress Justine Bateman piled on, saying she didn’t understand why Bass would not take responsibility.“I have nothing but distain and disgust for politicians joking about detrimental conditions in their town,” Bateman said.“These conditions have existed for the entirety of @MayorOfLA’s time in office.

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